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The World Health Organization has announced the members of the committee that will develop a new guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse adults.1
The guideline group has 21 members from across the world and includes doctors, transgender rights leaders, trans people, and a human rights lawyer.2 Most (14) of the members were announced in June 2023,3 with the additional seven members added in December. …
Spread the love Direct oral penicillin challenges (DPCs) can be delivered to patients with penicillin allergy labels (PALs) by nonallergy health care professionals (HCPs), according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Infection. Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., from the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, […]
Spread the love Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.04.034 Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the full network of blood vessels across the cortex of awake mice, finding that blood vessels rhythmically expand and contract, leading to “waves” washing across the surface of the brain. These findings improve the understanding of how the brain receives […]
Spread the love Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tattoos are an incredibly common form of permanent self-expression that date back thousands of years. Most tattoo artists follow strict health and sanitation regulations, so you might assume that tattoo inks are carefully regulated, too. But as work done by my team of chemistry researchers suggests, up to […]
